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An Efficient Catalytic Procedure for the Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides by Citric Acid/Al(NO 3 ) 3 .9H 2 O/MBr Under Mild and Heterogeneous Conditions
Author(s) -
GhorbaniChoghamarani Arash,
Rezaei Somaieh
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.200900036
Subject(s) - chemistry , citric acid , catalysis , inorganic chemistry , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry
A wide range of aliphatic or aromatic sulfides are selectively oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxides using Al(NO 3 ) 3 .9H 2 O, citric acid and a catalytic amount of KBr or NaBr in the presence of wet SiO 2 (50% w/w )in CH 2 Cl 2 under mild and heterogeneous conditions in good to high yields.